City of Davis

The Junior Basketball Program is for boys in third through ninth grades and girls in third through sixth grades. League play begins the week of January 18, 2010. The fee for the 7 week program is $105 and includes a team t-shirt. Registration will be taken through December 4, 2009. Some registration may be taken after December 4 but only if space permits. Please see below for program specifics.

2010 Junior Basketball Program General Information

Team Formation:

We need a minimum of 7 players to form a junior basketball team; 8-10 players per team is best.  Sometimes it is necessary to combine 2 teams to form one larger team with 7-10 players.  If this is necessary for your child's team, we will contact you by phone and explain your options.  After the signup deadline, children on waiting lists will have the option of staying on the waiting list or they can move to another team that has openings.  If a team has too many drops or has late drops, it may be cancelled.  We will try our best to place all children that want to play.

First Practice:

Your child's coach will contact you prior to the first practice.  In most cases, coaches will not contact parents until after January 14, 2010.  Coaches will go through training up to January 10 and will not receive their team roster until after their training is complete.  Monday/Wednesday practice teams will be contacted no later than Sunday evening, January 17.  Tuesday/Thursday practice teams will be notified no later than Monday evening, January 18.  The coach will tell you the time and reconfirm the location of your child's practices.

Practice Times:

Your child’s practice location and days are chosen by you.  You sign your child up for a specific school (or park) practice location and specific days of practice, M/W or T/Th.  Coaches try to arrange practice times as close to the end of school as possible.  The optimal start times for 3/4 and 5/6 grade teams is 3:15 p.m. or 3:30 p.m.  Although the elementary school children are released from school at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, not all coaches will be able to start practice that early.  Please be aware that Wednesday practices may start early but may also not start until 3:00 p.m. or later.  Most practices for elementary teams are from 1 to 1 ½ hours.  Junior High practices will start around 3:30 p.m. and last from 1 ½ to 2 hours.  Some coaches are able to offer an additional Friday practice.  This practice is optional and is only offered by some coaches.

Games:

All games are played on Saturdays.  3/4 & 5/6 grade boys will play in the mornings at either the New or Old Gym at the High School.  3/4 & 5/6 grade girls will play early afternoons at the New Gym.  Junior High boys will play early to late afternoons at the Old Gym.  Please be aware that games may conflict with other activities (ie., AAU basketball, soccer, baseball, club activities).  If your child will not be able to attend games on a regular basis on Saturdays, please reconsider taking part in this program.  When a player consistently misses practices or games it negatively impacts his/her team.

A schedule for the games played on Saturday January 23, 2010, will be distributed at practices the week of January 18.  After observing the games on January 23, another schedule will be made for the remainder of the season.  This schedule will be distributed at practices and posted on the this webpage the week of January 25.  By observing the first week of games and then making the final schedule, we hope to match teams more evenly in their games.  Your child will receive his/her team shirt at the first game.

Program Philosophy:

No individual statistics or team standings are kept.  Everyone plays every game.  Fundamental skills, sportsmanship and fun are emphasized.  We want the participants to play hard, play fair and feel good about their effort.  As a parent, your support of this philosophy will be appreciated. We are always looking for good coaches so if your schedule allows you the opportunity to coach, please do not hesitate to apply to coach your son or daughter’s team.

If you have further questions about our Junior Basketball program, please call the Community Services Department at (530) 757-5626 or email Lori Conrad at lconrad@cityofdavis.org.